The Brexit ‘red tape’ illusion has been exposed by the Tories’ CE mark climbdown Despite claims over taking back control, UK is forced to comply with rules on which it has no say The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023
Boris Johnson 'in talks to join I'm A Celebrity 2023', reports claim Boris Johnson is in talks to enter the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! later this year following his former cabinet minister Matt Hancock's… The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2023
Who is Aung San Suu Kyi? Ousted leader given partial pardon by Myanmar’s military junta The ousted civilian leader was partially pardoned on five charges as part of amnesty but will stay behind bars for a further 14 cases Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023
Boris Johnson’s plan for swimming pool at country manor could be scuppered by newts Amphibians, once blamed by ex-PM for delays in housebuilding, could pour cold water on hopes for swimming pool The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2023
Green policies compared: what the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dems have pledged on climate What the three largest parties have committed, one year out from a general election Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023
Newts threaten Boris Johnson’s plan to build swimming pool Creature railed against by ex-prime minister could thwart planning application for Oxfordshire home The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023
Liz Truss tops the list of PMs ‘who left Britain worse off’ Truss resigned after 45 days with the country in economic meltdown following her the 2022 mini budget Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023
Boris Johnson’s plan to build swimming pool could be scuppered by newts The amphibians, once blamed by the ex-prime minister for delays in housebuilding, could pour cold water on his hopes for a pool at his country manor Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2023
Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023
Brussels tells EU states: Ignore UK on post-Brexit trade Exclusive: Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson says trying to circumvent Brussels was always going to backfire The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023
The Tory donors with links to fossil fuel interests and climate denial - see the list THE Conservatives have received millions of pounds in donations from climate deniers and those with interests in the fossil fuel industry ahead of… The National (Scotland) · Jul 31, 2023
Sunak review raises question: what exactly is a low-traffic neighbourhood? Overlapping concepts of LTNs and ‘modal filtering’ – a staple of postwar planning – creates challenge in how to categorise schemes The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023
Ministers consider curbs on councils’ use of 20mph speed limits Exclusive: moves against what PM terms ‘anti-motorist’ policies follow order of review into low-traffic neighbourhoods The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023
Rishi Sunak orders review of low-traffic neighbourhood schemes Prime minister accuses Labour of being ‘anti-motorist’ and says Keir Starmer is a political opportunist The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023 Europe burns while the Tories’ net zero plans are set to go up in smoke Rishi Sunak needs to understand that investing in green initiatives is a lot cheaper than flying all his hedge fund manager mates to Mars
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023 Is this parliament the worst ever? Let’s agree Westminster badly needs reform There’s something rotten about the state of the Commons. A record number of MPs have been sanctioned and/or resigned their seats in disgrace
The Times of India · Jul 29, 2023 Rishi Sunak gambles with lurch to right as UK moderates flee to Labour LONDON: Trailing in the polls, battered by economic headwinds and seeing businesses and the City of London flirt with the Labour Party, Rishi Sunak is rolling the dice that a shift to the right could keep his Conservatives in power.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023 Ditch green policies, win votes? Tories and Labour wrestle with net zero Arguments between and within the parties have been inflamed by the apparent ‘Ulez effect’ in the Uxbridge byelection
The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2023 Rishi Sunak has resolved to fight dirty. But will his opponent be Labour or his own MPs? The Uxbridge byelection victory should have bolstered the Tory campaign – instead, it’s triggered a battle over green policy, says the Spectator’s Katy Balls
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023 Sunak under pressure to block ex-Ukip deputy from potential Tory candidacy Exclusive: David Campbell Bannerman, who wants to stand for South Norfolk, launched body that attacked privileges committee
Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023 Inside Labour’s battle with its own green agenda The Uxbridge by-election and the ongoing disputes over Ulez have shone a light on ideological struggles at the heart of the Opposition, says Anne McElvoy
The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2023 From Thatcher to Sunak – toxic divide and rule has always been the Tory weapon of choice Consider the aliens bill of 1904 and then Theresa May’s claims about a migrant’s cat, and you see a long, ignoble tradition, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023 Nadine Dorries faces fresh calls to quit after she pledged to resign over Boris Johnson’s peerage list Ms Dorries’ local town council has slammed her for promising to quit ‘with immediate effect’ but instead clinging on
The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023 Nadine Dorries urged to quit by council over her ‘focus on political manoeuvres’ Flitwick Town Council expressed its concern over the ‘continuing lack of representation’ for her Mid Bedfordshire constituents.
The Week · Jul 27, 2023 Next London mayor: the odds, the polls, the candidates The race to become the next mayor of London has become significantly closer after Labour’s shock by-election defeat in Uxbridge put incumbent Sadiq Khan’s flagship green policy in doubt.